337, Lot: 574. Estimate $200. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John V Palaeologus, with John VI. 1341-1391. AV Hyperpyron (21mm, 3.98 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1347-1354. Half-length figure of the Virgin Mary, orans, within city walls with four towers; Є/B to left, Φ/A to right / Christ standing facing, crowning John V and VI kneeling to either side. DOC –; LPC p. 138, 1; PCPC 285.2, sigla 2, sigla 20; SB 2526. VF, weakness in centers, two short flan cracks.